Cloud9 IDE is an Online IDE (

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), published as open source from version 2.0, until version 3.0. It supports multiple

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s, including C,

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with Node.js, and Go. It is written almost entirely in JavaScript, and uses Node.js on the back-end. The editor component uses

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. Cloud9 was acquired by Amazon in July 2016 and became a part of Amazon Web Services (AWS). New users may only use the Cloud9 service through an AWS account. From March 2018, existing accounts on Cloud9's original website could be used, but new accounts could not be created. On April 2, 2019, Cloud9 announced that users would not be able to create new and use old workspaces on c9.io (aka original version, not Amazon Cloud9) after June 30, 2019.

Features

Some of the features of an older version included automatic

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for snippets and identifiers, parenthesis and bracket matching, a debugger, and a gutter where line numbers and errors or warnings would be displayed. Cloud9 IDE also offered

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for various languages, such as C#, C/

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, and

. Particularly for JavaScript, it offered real-time language analysis, code reformatting, and refactoring facilities. It was also extensible and customizable, allowing users to change themes, plugins, and key-bindings to make their preferred setup. As an online IDE, it allowed simultaneous editing from multiple users by offering multiple cursors, and could support the creation of private and public projects. Users were also able to

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files into projects and use tabs to manage multiple files. Projects could also be integration with

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and

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repositories, as well as collaboration platforms like

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and

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. Other features: * Built-in terminal, with npm and basic Unix commands * Built in Image Editor * Support for the following code repositories: **

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servers * Support for deployment to: **

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** Microsoft Azure **

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** SFTP/

About

Founded in 2010, and based in San Francisco and Amsterdam, Cloud9 IDE was a privately held company. Cloud9 IDE raised $5.5 million in Series A funding from

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and product development software company Atlassian Software. On July 14, 2016, Cloud9 announced that it had been acquired by Amazon.com.

Usage

Cloud9 is the native IDE for the

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single-board computer, which is primarily programmed in an extension of node.js called Bonescript.

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